Publication detail

Proposed EU legislation to force changes in sewage sludge disposal – A case study

TUREK, V. KILKOVSKÝ, B. JEGLA, Z. STEHLÍK, P.

Original Title

Proposed EU legislation to force changes in sewage sludge disposal – A case study

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The consequences of changes planned in the European Union legislation relevant to the disposal of sewage sludges are discussed. A specific municipal waste water treatment plant is analyzed in terms of drying and subsequent combustion or pyrolysis of the produced stabilized sludge, and the respective net energy balances are carried out. A simplified economic analysis of the two disposal options is presented, which suggest that combustion of the sludge would be economically infeasible while pyrolysis of the sludge in a modular, self-sufficient container unit can bring a small financial benefit due to the selling of the produced phosphorus-rich biochar.

Keywords

sewage sludge, drying, combustion, pyrolysis

Authors

TUREK, V.; KILKOVSKÝ, B.; JEGLA, Z.; STEHLÍK, P.

Released

31. 12. 2018

Publisher

Springer

ISBN

2095-0187

Periodical

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Year of study

12

Number

4

State

People's Republic of China

Pages from

660

Pages to

669

Pages count

10

URL

BibTex

@article{BUT149271,
  author="Vojtěch {Turek} and Bohuslav {Kilkovský} and Zdeněk {Jegla} and Petr {Stehlík}",
  title="Proposed EU legislation to force changes in sewage sludge disposal – A case study",
  journal="Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering",
  year="2018",
  volume="12",
  number="4",
  pages="660--669",
  doi="10.1007/s11705-018-1773-0",
  issn="2095-0187",
  url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11705-018-1773-0"
}